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GA-00772 1953-03-21 De Vrije Pers rel A

Gerwis stuurt telegram (Gerwis sends telegram)

Gerwis sends telegram of condolence on Gottwald's death

Short De Vrije Pers item (21 Mar 1953): the board of Gerwis, called "communist", sent a telegram to the Czechoslovak women's movement with condolences on President Gottwald's death, calling him "a faithful fighter for peace and for the rights of woman".

GA-01027 1953-06-10 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Steun gratieverzoek (Gerwis en de Rosenbergs)

Support for clemency appeal (Gerwis and the Rosenbergs)

Short Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra item (10 Jun 1953, p.2): the Indonesian women's movement Gerwis, with 40,000 members, sent a telegram to President Eisenhower urging him to spare the Rosenbergs; the dockworkers' union SBPP (47,000 members) decided on 8 June to send a similar telegram. Shows Gerwis's anti-imperialist s